Train almost hits stuck car on North Courtland Street

It was a close call Tuesday night for a motorist whose car got stuck on the railroad tracks off North Courtland Street in East Stroudsburg.

It was a close call Tuesday night for a motorist whose car got stuck on the railroad tracks off North Courtland Street in East Stroudsburg.

Stroud Area Regional Police said a man was traveling north on North Courtland just before 6 p.m. and was going to turn left onto King Street when he was cut off by a vehicle heading south on North Courtland.

The driver told police he swerved to the right and ended up on the railroad tracks.

SARP Officer John Miller responded and found the car had actually driven west a short distance on the tracks and became wedged on the track.

Miller requested that Monroe Control Center advise the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad that there was a vehicle stuck on the tracks.

When he went to get his radio, Miller noticed a train traveling west on the train tracks from Burson Street and told everyone to get off the tracks.

The train engineer noticed the police overhead lights and eventually the vehicle's taillights, and stopped just 25 feet from hitting the vehicle on the tracks.

Weiss Towing was notified and helped remove the vehicle from the railroad tracks.